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Discussions on the future of K-12 public education in California have focused on the state’s massive budget problems. And talks of educational reform

seem to exclusively focus on teacher accountability and charter schools. Very little of the dialogue has focused on how we can educate students more effectively and with new content.

California’s budget crisis has been so severe that stu-dents have not received new textbooks in the last three years, and they may not receive new textbooks until 2015. That means that a student that was a fifth grader in 2008 will never learn from a textbook that provides information on the United States’ first African American President, the loss of Pluto as a planet or the global economic reces-sion. However, there is an interim solution for environmen-tal education that is moving forward, but at too slow of a pace to reach the over 150,000 teachers and six million public school students in California: the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI).

As you know, Heal the Bay worked with Senator Fran Pavley and the state to craft legislation that became the EEI back in 2003. Then-Governor Davis signed the bill into law, and previous Governor Schwarzenegger provided staff resources and funding to begin implementation of the law. The Cal-EPA’s Office of Environmental Education worked with the Department of Education, Dr. Jerry Lieberman, other consultants, the National Geographic Society, and Heal the Bay to create and review 85 units (about six les-son plans per unit) of multi-disciplinary, K-12, environmen-tal education curricula. In 2009-10, the units were unani-mously approved by the California Curriculum Commission and the State Board of Education, and now the completed

units can be viewed at www.calepa.ca.gov/education/eei/.

The EEI may be the only new, significant, state-approved con-tent available to teachers over the next four years. However, the mere presence of innovative content does not change the face of teaching. There need to be resources available for teacher professional develop-ment as well. To that end, Heal the Bay partnered with Southern California Edison and the Na-tional Geographic Society to

develop four new environmental professional develop-ment guides for teachers in grades 3-8 on the topics of water, oceans, climate change and energy. National Geo-graphic did an extraordinary job on the teacher guides, but again, we have great content without the resources to get it to the school districts, schools, teachers, and most importantly, the students.

Successful educational reform is so much more than charter schools and teacher accountability. Successful environmental education takes an integrated approach to teaching that includes experiential learning. Teaching stu-dents about climate change’s potential impacts on California water supply and freshwater ecosystems involves chem-istry, history, geography, math and biology. Perhaps most importantly, effective environmental education will produce more students interested in environmental ca-reers, more consumers that take into account the impacts of their everyday decisions, and greater environmental stewardship.

If your public school doesn’t teach the EEI curricula or use the National Geographic teacher professional development guides, please contact your teacher, principal, superinten-dent, PTA Board member, or school board member. Stu-dents don’t have to wait for new, interesting and informative educational materials. The EEI is out there for all to use.

— Mark Gold, President, Heal the Bay

Environmental Ed.President Mark Gold on the importance of the

Education and the Environment Initiative

HEAL THE BAY STAFF

President: Mark Gold, D.Env.Executive Director: Karin HallAssociate Director: Alix Hobbs

Angler Outreach Team: José Carrera, Maria Joaquin, Maria Larsen, Boun Prasert, Diana Ramirez, Benmin Sun

Assistant Programs Coordinator: Frankie OrralaBeach Programs Manager: Eveline Bravo

Beach Report Card Manager: Michael GrimmerCoastal Resources Coordinator: Tova Handelman

Communications Director: Matthew KingCommunications Manager: Jessica Belsky

Constituent Development Manager: Natalie BurdickData Manager: Lee Myers

Development Manager: Katherine NevelsDevelopment Associate/Assistant to Mark Gold:

Kathleen CahillDigital Content Assistant: David Weiner

Director of Coastal Resources: Sarah Abramson Sikich, M.E.S.M.Director of Development: John Seiber

Director of Information Services: Peter TatikianDirector of Water Quality: Kirsten James, M.E.S.M.

Education Director: Tara TreiberExecutive Assistant: Sylvie Makara

Foundation Grants Manager: Sheila McSherryManager, Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Environment

Initiative: James AlamilloInformation Services Assistant: José Carrera

Marketing Specialist: Hallie JonesNew Media Manager: Tom Fleming

Programs Director: Meredith McCarthyPublic Education Coordinator: Emily Pratt, M. Ed.

Receptionist: Gabriele MorganRestoration and Monitoring Specialist: Kevin Jontz

Secondary Education Manager: Edward MurphySpeakers Bureau Manager: Melissa Aguayo

Staff Scientists: Amanda Griesbach, M.S., Dana Roeber Murray, M.E.S.M., Susie Santilena, M.S., E.I.T.

Stream Team Assistant: Jennifer McWhorterVolunteer and Intern Coordinator: Saira Gandhi

SANTA MONICA PIER AQUARIUM STAFFAquarium Director: Vicki Wawerchak

Senior Aquarist: José BacallaoAquarist: Seth Lawrence

Education Specialists: Nick Fash, Aaron KindEnvironmental Education Associate: Amber Maron

Public Outreach Specialist: Randi ParentPublic Educator: Wyatt Miller

Public Programs Assistant: Lazaro SerranoPublic Programs Manager: Tara Crow

BOARD OF DIRECTORSChairman: Matthew J. Hart

Immediate Past Chairman: Carl KravetzFirst Chair: Stephanie Medina Rodriguez

Chairs: Todd Flora, Barry Gribbon, Brian O’Malley, Craig Perkins, Luann Lavall Williams

Secretary and Nominations Chair: Jorge DelgadoTreasurer and Finance Chair: Don Kinsey

Founding President: Dorothy GreenPresident: Mark Gold

Board Members: Peter Abraham, Mark Attanasio, Hatef Behnia,Dayna Bochco, Lisa Boyle, Samuel Culbert, Maite Quílez-D’Amico, Robert Davenport,

Ian Eddleston, Cliff Gladstein, Susan Grossinger, Sofie Howard, Jean Kaplan, Richard Katz, Adi Liberman,

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Suja Lowenthal, Ted Miller, H. David Nahai, John Perenchio, Russ Pillar, Michael Segal, Erin Selleck, Amy Smart, Shane Smith, Paul Stimpfl, John J. Strauss,

Thomas Unterman, Scott Zolke

BOARD OF GOVERNORSGeorge Akers, Jeff Ayeroff, Michael Caggiano, Ph. D.,

Laurie Coots, Don Corsini, Paula Daniels, Dr. Sylvia Earle,Brad Hall, Gale Anne Hurd, Dr. Aliza Lifshitz,

Felicia Marcus, Kelly Meyer, Fran Pavley, Tony Pritzker, Bob Talbot, Art Torres, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bob Williams

Board of DirectorAdi Liberman serves as Board of Governors’ Chair

CURRENTS STAFFEditors: Jessica Belsky, Ann Bergman, Matthew KingWriters: Jessica Belsky, Asma Mahdi, Randi Parent

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1 Letter from the President

2 Mixed Greens

4 Friends and Benefits

5 Coastal Cleanup

6 Tara Treiber q & a

7 Horsing Around

8 Youth Programs

10 Good Karma

11 Thank Yous

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Heal the Bay is a nonprofit environmental organization making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. We use science, education, community action and advocacy to pursue our mission.

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The EEI may be the only new,

significant, state-approved content

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next four years.

Looking for a meaningful way to honor a wedding, birthday or graduation? Dedicate a gift to Heal the Bay on behalf of a couple, or individual. For more information, visit our website at healthebay.org/dedicate.

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Makingthe GradeW hat’s HtB prez Mark Gold doing in his spare time? Helping other

environmental groups. Gold serves on the advisory board of Grades

of Green, a new award-winning non-profit organization that helps parents

and students implement conservation practices and environmental education

in their schools. The organization recently honored Gold for his extraordinary

contributions to the environment. Grades of Green was started in 2007 by parents

at Grand View Elementary in Manhattan Beach. Now it offers parents everywhere

a blueprint for how to

make their own schools

greener. The group’s

website provides step-by-

step instructions for more

than 40 programs. The

website details programs

that help schools reduce

energy use, cut down on

auto emissions, switch to

healthy classroom cleaning

products, educate students

on environmental issues

and more. All programs are

offered at no cost and often

save schools money.

Grades of Green is growing rapidly, with nearly 40,000 students in 13 states

enrolled. Heal the Bay encourages parents and educators to start Grades of

Green in their own schools. Statistics show that greening schools not only

protects the environment, it also saves schools money and decreases absences.

Check it out at www.gradesofgreen.org

Summer Si, Co-President of the Style Alliance

Fashion Club at Thousand Oaks High School

recently paid a visit to our Santa Monica Pier

Aquarium to deliver the proceeds from the club’s

fashion show as a donation to Heal the Bay.

The club’s ‘Going Green’ Charity Fashion Show’s

goal was to create awareness regarding the respon-

sibility we all share to protect our environment. “A

small effort can make a tremendous difference. In this

decade, “going green” is the most fashionable way

to lead your life,” said Summer. All the clothing worn

on the runway and all the decorations from the show

were reused, recycled or made of organic fabrics

that come from sustainable sources. We thank the

students for their generosity!

FASHION FORWARD

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Beach-goers: have you gotten a chance to scan the

beach? Well, look up from your smart phones and

check out what we’ve done.

Heal the Bay recently teamed up with the City of

Santa Monica and ad agency DDB LA to create a new

eye-catching ad campaign on 500 beach trash recep-

tacles. These cans have a QR code that links smart phone

users to the new Santa Monica Beachcast, a mobile

website designed for your smart phone. Once you’re on

the mobile website, you can assess the water quality via

Heal the Bay’s Beach Report Card, check out the latest

weather conditions, read and retweet community Twitter

updates and have emergency contact information

right in the palm of your hands.

We and the Santa Monica Beachcast also invite you to upload and share your favorite beach photos via Instagram. Just use the tag #SMBC and show us how you’re having fun in the sun.

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After five years, Heal the Bay waves goodbye to Refugio “Reg” Mata,

our project organizer. Reg will continue to follow his passion of

fighting for healthy communities in Los Angeles. Reg co-founded Heal the

Bay’s Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Environment Initiative, an effort to

empower underserved communities to bring about positive environmental

change. His next adventure will be over at Strengthening Our Lives

California as a communications coordinator supporting various organizing

campaigns. Specifically, Reg will stay engaged in some of Heal the Bay’s

greening projects in South Los Angeles, particularly in Watts, Compton and

Southeast L.A. through his own venture—Project Economic Refugee—aiming

to engage Latinos in advocating for safe and healthy communities. You can

keep up with what Reg will be up to over at www. economicrefugee.net

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Celebrate all things craft beer in lively and vibrant historic downtown Los Angeles

Taste as many samples as you like of over 50 delicious craft beers across seven different unique venues all within easy walking distance of each other on Saturday, August 13th from 3pm – 8pm. The “Beer Chicks” will cu-rate the beer and will be collaborating with Cedd Moses & 213 Ventures to feature some of the top craft and artisanal brewers in the country.

Host of KCRW’s Good Food, renowned author and executive chef/owner of Angeli Caffe, Evan Kleiman, will be curating a selection of delicious food trucks for the crawl route as well.

Even better: a portion of the proceeds will go to Heal the Bay. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE for $49Avoid the lines and get into the festival two hours before general admission with a VIP ticket for $69http://lacraftbeercrawl.eventbrite.com

Hundreds of people mull around a sizable pile of trash bags, the spoils of having just cleaned the beach for Coastal Cleanup Day 2010 at the iconic

Santa Monica Pier. And…cue music. “Wipe Out” comes blasting out of a hidden speaker from the parking lot and a slew of people from all over the beach run to a cen-tral location with beach balls and sandals — it’s a FLASH MOB!

Now this is what I call a cleanup. Last year, my third participating in Coastal Cleanup Day, I had the op-portunity to participate in a beach cleanup at one of our more than 60 cleanup sites in Los Angeles County. And at this particular site I got to dance my way to a cleaner, greener L.A. The dance raised awareness about the importance of beach stewardship, and it was just one of the many innovative partnerships we have taken part in to catch the atten-tion of prospective volun-teers over the years. In the past, we’ve even given out a prize to the weirdest item found.

Coastal Cleanup Day is our largest volunteer event. In Los Angeles County,

more than 14,000 volunteers picked up 137,422 pounds of trash during last year’s event. A total of 101 miles of our beaches, inland waterways, rivers, creeks and parks were cleaned of litter and debris. Take a moment to soak that all in. This year, we are challenging you to help us beat that record!

Mark your calendars for Coastal Cleanup Day 2011 happening Saturday, September 17th. We will host over 60 sites spanning the entire county. From our coastline

to inland parks and rivers, there’s a site within every-one’s reach.

The annual day is a global event that occurs on the third Saturday every September. While the outward focus is cleaning the coast, the event brings together friends, or-ganizations, neighborhoods and communities to have a collective experience of learning and teaching. As a whole we can make an environmental impact that not only starts with coastal cleanup, but continues with us for the rest of our lives. So join us and make a dif-ference (and give L.A. some TLC). You never know what surprise might be in store at your site!

Coastal Cleanup Day Coordinator Asma Madhi invites you to join us for our largest volunteer event of the year

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CLEANUPTIME2nd Annual Los Angeles Craft Beer Crawl Benefits Heal the Bay

Project Save Our SurfFrom October 15-16 in Santa Monica, Project Save

Our Surf is hosting the 4th annual surf-a-thon to conserve our oceans and freshwater alike,

changing course from pollution to renewal.Join co-founders Tanna Frederick and Shaun

Thompson and celebrity surfers including Sam Trammell, Rob Machado, Mike Muñoz, Eric Balfour and others, become a member of one of the surfing teams competing to support clean water.

For the second year in a row, Project Save Our Surf has selected Heal the Bay to benefit from the competition.

Choose a team, choose a time and surf between Tower 26-28: surf24.projectsaveoursurf.org.

Not a surfer? You can donate, attend or volunteer. To learn more,

visit www.projectsaveoursurf.org.

How Will You Participate in Surf24?

Beach Classroom

Each year, prior to Coastal Cleanup Day, Heal the Bay brings together over 700 children from Title-I schools

from across Los Angeles County. Coastal Cleanup Edu-cation Day brings children out to the beach where they get a hands-on learning experience about the animals in the bay. They also get to explore our Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. They may be running around on the sand, but at the same time they are learning and becoming future environmental stewards.

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manager at our Santa Monica Pier Aquarium for nearly six years, recently became education direc-tor for Heal the Bay. Now Tara oversees the myriad informal environmental education programs that make up the very core of Heal the Bay’s mission.

As education director, Tara is charged with tak-ing our well-respected, science-driven programs to an even higher level. Whether working with chemistry students inland in our water quality test-ing program Creek 101, providing resources to teachers and students for science-based service learning pro-grams, or developing curriculum for our marine science programs at the Aquarium, Tara is rolling up her sleeves to integrate the educational offerings throughout Heal the Bay’s programs and serve a wide demographic throughout Los Angeles County and beyond.

She sat down with us at the Aquarium recently to talk about her new role as education director.

Congrats Tara. Could you start by talking about your background in education?TT: Sure, I’ve always loved to learn and specifically learn about sci-ence and nature. Once I realized that research science wasn’t the direction I needed to be going in, taking my love of science and learning and turning that into a career in education just seemed natural. Plus, from an early age, I had always been involved in teaching. I’ve led groups and classes for many years and tutored in college. I worked on my teacher certification in my home state of Oklahoma while I taught middle school there – both science and language arts. The formal classroom didn’t quite feel right for me. So, I tutored professionally for a bit before being hired as part of the start-up education staff of the Oklahoma Aquarium. There, I ended up taking the lead in developing and managing their education programs from our Water on Wheels outreach education program, to our onsite offerings of field trip programs, scout days, homeschool days, teacher workshops, and volunteer trainings. (And even our Sleep with the Sharks sleepover pro-gram.) Then the job at Santa Monica Pier Aquarium came my way. It seemed like the perfect next step for me, and now, almost six years later, I am proud of where I’ve brought the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium’s education programs.

Can you tell us what you’re working on now?TT: In addition to the education staff at the Aquarium, I’m now over-seeing and managing the Key to the Sea and the Compton Creek educa-tion programs – our el-ementary and secondary non-Aquarium education offerings. We’re in the process of interviewing to hire a new environmental education associate who will pinch hit — filling in to teach in any of the pro-grams where needed and helping me in evaluating existing curriculum and developing new curricu-

lum. I’ll be taking the lead on the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), the first-ever statewide program that provides en-vironmental education principles and curricula across disciplines for K-12th grade students in public schools. We contracted with National Geographic Society to create education guides for teachers to use on four topics: fresh water, ocean, energy and climate change. The next step is to figure out a strategy to help teachers implement and incorporate the information with the goal being for every student to receive the same kind of environ-mental education components from K through 12th grade. (For more information on the EEI, see Mark Gold’s letter on page 1.)

At the Aquarium, we’re taking the lead on developing marine protected area curriculum working with an education collabora-tive, and we’re constantly strengthening our partnership with Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE) West and collaborating more on educational offerings.

What excites you most about your new position?TT: I’m passionate about public education, and every child’s right to a high-quality education. Studies show that taking a multi-dis-ciplinary approach to environmental and marine science educa-tion is an extremely effective way to teach all core subjects. To be able to be involved in having this occur on a grander scale through Heal the Bay is exciting. I’m excited to tie our programs together more cohesively and grow them so that we are able to reach an even broader audience in the future.

Anything you’ll miss from your role as education manager at the Aquarium?TT: I probably won’t have time to teach at the Aquarium and I’ll miss the “Ah-ha!” moments with the kids.

Tara Treiber champions marine science in public education Where are the seahorses?” is the first ques-tion we’ve been hearing from visitors at the Aquarium lately. Found from

Point Conception to Chile, these uniquely shaped little guys have found a new home at our marine education center. See them swimming graceful-ly through the water column, pectoral fins fluttering, or just hanging out, slightly rocking with prehensile tails majesti-cally curled around blades of eel grass for stability. The seahorses, which are actually fish, draw quite a crowd. We also added the seahorses to our Aquadoption list. For more information about the revamped Aquadoption program and the addition-al eight animals available for adoption visit healthe-bay.org/aquadoption.

Habitat destruction, coastal

development, overfishing

and the illegal souvenir trade place

seahorses at risk. You can do your part

to keep seahorse populations healthy by

leaving dead seahorses where they belong

— on the beach – and by avoiding purchasing

them in gift shops.

The largest commercial market for seahorses

is traditional Chinese/Asian medicine; for

centuries they have been used in remedies

for ailments ranging from asthma to heart

disease. The high demand for these remedies

has led to significant depletion of seahorses

worldwide.

Seahorse Conservation

The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium rounds up Pacific Seahorses for brand new exhibit

• In the seahorse family, the males are the ones who give birth. The males carry the eggs in their brood pouch, deposited there by the female. The eggs hatch in about 14 days; most males give birth to between 100 and 200 young, known as fry.

• A seahorse’s eyes can move independently of each other in all directions.

• Rather than scales covering their bodies, seahorses have bony plates for protection.

• A group of spines on the top of their heads are called the coronet because they resemble a crown.

• No two seahorse coronets are alike; each is distinctly formed, much like a human fingerprint.

• At 12 inches tall, the Pacific seahorse is among the largest of the world’s seahorses.

• The seahorse feeds on small crustaceans like am-phipods and mysid shrimp. They are prey for tuna, crabs and rays.

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LearningCurveFrom pre-school to college level, Heal the Bay has youth programs

to fit nearly any age and schedule.

PRE-SCHOOL AND UP

Micro Biologist Series3-5 years oldThe Aquarium’s Micro Biologists classes are a fun way to introduce your 3-to-5 year olds to environmental educa-tion and marine science through engaging games, stories, art, and hands-on science activities. Held at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, these sessions allow you to drop your child off for two hours of education with our teaching staff. Visit Healthebay.org/smpa for more information.

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Field TripsPre-school and up Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium marine education field trip programs are hands-on and interactive. They include a presentation, led by an education specialist, both inside the facility and on the beach just outside the doors.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Wednesday Office Volunteers13 and upHeal the Bay frequently needs help with office work during the week. Whether it’s helping us prepare kits for beach cleanups or putting together mailings for an upcoming fundraiser, our office volunteers are instrumental to our programs. If you are interested in spending time as an office volunteer contact Saira Gandhi at 310.451.1500 x 145

HIGH SCHOOL

Creek 101Students involved in our Creek 101 program get a comprehensive over-view education of urban watersheds. Kids learn about the challenges facing Compton Creek and how human behaviors impact neighborhoods, which can translate into problems for the entire watershed and ocean beyond. For more information, contact Edward Murphy at 310.451.1500 x 153.

Community Advocates16 and upCommunity Advocates attend events and “tablings” with Heal the Bay and speak about current issues. Events range from eco-fairs to the annual KROQ Weenie Roast and we are always in need of the help. Training is required. Contact Saira Gandhi for more information at 310.451.1500 x 145

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Volunteers

15 and upFor kids who love the ocean and

are eager to teach aquarium visitors about the bay, our Santa Monica Pier Aquarium offers volunteer opportuni-

ties that range from helping staffers out with field trips to meeting and

greeting the public at the aquarium to lending a hand at special events. For more informa-

tion visit healthebay.org/aqvol.

Internships18 and up Heal the Bay offers internships at both our main offices and our aquarium. Intern-ships are a great learning experience for those interested in going into the field of environmental non-profit work. Check our website for current openings and more information at healthebay.org/internships.

Stream Team18 and upThis volunteer crew of dedicated out-doors folks spend time collecting environmental data in the Malibu Creek Watershed, which is the last natural watershed in LA and some of the most beautiful wilderness in the Los Angeles area. For more information contact Kevin Jontz at 310.451.1500 x 141.

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium’s Science Adventures CampAges 6-12Our brand new summer camps are interactive and fun and will keep the kids busy while school is out. Older children learn all about sharks while 1st through 3rd graders learn all about whales, among other marine themes. Camp sessions are taught by our very own education staff. For more information visit healthebay.org/sciadventurescamp or call 310.393.6149 X 103

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

Beach Captains14 and up or parent/child teams for younger volunteersIs your teenager good at speak-ing to a crowd? Want a volunteer opportunity that you and your child can do together? Beach Captains help Heal the Bay staff out at our many beach cleanups. Some training is required. For more information, contact Eveline Bravo at 310.451.1500 x 148

Beach CleanupsAll agesAll ages are welcome to participate in our Nothin’ But Sand beach cleanups. Held on the third Sat-urday of each month (with new summer hours 9 a.m.-noon), these cleanups rotate throughout some of the dirtiest beaches in L.A. County—those most needing your help!

For more information, visit healthebay.org/nbs.

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A Summer of GOOD KARMA

Join us for Coastal Cleanup Day at Dockweiler State Beach on September 17th

Test drive a Ford on Coastal Cleanup Day at Dockweiler State Beach

This summer, the Ford Motor Company has partnered with Heal the Bay to support our

public, monthly Nothin’ But Sand cleanups. For

every volunteer that takes a Ford

test drive, the Ford Motor Company is

donating $50 to Heal the Bay

to help keep L.A.’s beaches clean.

In addition, volun-teers that take a test drive will be auto-matically entered for

a chance to win an all-new eco-friendly Ford.

Volunteers can test drive multiple times to increase

their odds in the drawing, as well as to raise additional

funds. The winner will be drawn on this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day, Sept 17th.

Thank YouThe following list represents gifts from Bring Back the Beach

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thank youMAJOR SPONSORSAnonymous AECOM Mark & Debbie Attanasio Dodgers Dream Foundation Ford Motor Company Matt & Kathleen Hart Homerun Entertainment The Jonathan Club MWH Rustic Canyon Partners Sheel & Peter Seidler Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg

& David Geffen

PATRON SPONSORS Anonymous (2) Ascenta Health Blue Donkey Foundation Dayna & Stephen Bochco CarbonLITE The Energy Coalition Ernst & Young Gladstein, Neandross, & Associates HBO Hudson Pacific Properties

The John W. Carson FoundationJean & Stephen Kaplan The Jena & Michael King Foundation KTLA-TV Loeb & Loeb Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Brad Hall MaCher Peter Morton Foundation NBCUniversal Northrop Grumman Corporation Brian O’Malley The Mark E Pollack Foundation SA Recycling Southern California Edison Southern California Gas Company US Renewables Group The Walt Disney Company Waste Management/AbTech Industries Wells Fargo Capital Finance Roger Wojahn

ADVOCATE SPONSORS

99¢ Only StoresHatef & Elenice Behnia Black & Veatch Corporation

The Boyle Family Brown and Caldwell Carollo Engineers/Noresco CDM CH2M HILL Creative Artists Agency Credit Suisse Bob & Cori Davenport Deckers Outdoor Corporation Dogeared Jewels & Gifts Andree & Don Smith Fiona Hutton & Associates Four Seasons Maui at Wailea Resort Front Line Management Group, Inc. Fox Entertainment Group Geosyntec Consultants Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Madelyn & Bruce Glickfeld HDR Engineering Houlihan Lokey The Hungry Cat Santa Monica IBM Richard Katz Consulting Inc. Ketel One Don & Kristy Kinsey LAcarGUY Larry Walker Associates

Latham & Watkins LLP Leeds Property Management Malcolm Pirnie Inc. Metropolitan Water District of

Southern California Murad® Jane & Marc Nathanson NFP National Account Services Nickelodeon Nuveen Investments Paramount Pictures Port of Long Beach Psomas RMC Water and Environment S. Groner Associates, Inc. Michael & Leanne Segal simplehuman® Sony Pictures Entertainment Tamara & Michael Tamborro Tetra Tech Inc. TravelStore Platinum &

Intercontinental Resorts Union Bank URS Corporation Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. West Basin Municipal

Water DistrictLuann Laval Williams & Robert Williams

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Works, LLCMargaret MawMichael McGuffinVanessa McLeanMichael MihalkeWynn MillerLynn & John MurdockSynnove Naess/Clifford RookeNative Foods CafeJean NunesKevin O’BrienO’Melveny & Myers LLPThe Pillar FamilyStephanie Medina RodriguezRuckus Enterprise Inc.Lauren Smith & Tom ParisSony Pictures EntertainmentLisa StewartSunni Won & Jeff LittrellHarriet ZaretskyThe Zemeckis Charitable

FoundationMr. Zinman

Bay Champions - Ocean Level

AnonymousJoy Ann BoyajianSheelagh Boyd & Larry LayneCheryl & Terry CrowJohn EdwardsCarol & Moises EmquiesDaniel FellmanEris and Larry Field Family

FoundationCamilla FrostMary & George GarveyPam & Steve HirshJordan KaplanLear Family FoundationPeter MajorMorley BuildersAmy & Daniel PalladinoChristopher PerninChris RobertRobert TanahashiDave WeeshoffOwen WilsonPeg YorkinPaul Zimmerman

Bay Champions - Marina Level

Anonymous (2)Valerie & William AddasPatrice & Christopher AngeloSusan Clark & Alex KarrasDonald Dickerson, M.D.Teresa Ferguson & Ernest

ScheyhingMarianna & David FisherThe Goldsmith Family

FoundationPatricia & David HuntWendie MalickJimmy PeterDan SandelRobert ScottUnited Storm WaterMichael Zarneke

Corporate HealersAOL.b2 StudiosDogeared Jewels & GiftsLos Angeles DodgersLos Angeles Kings/AEGsimplehuman®

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IN HONOR OFA wonderful way to commemorate a special occasion, milestone or birthday for friends or family is to make a donation to Heal the Bay in their honor.

The following people have been honored recently:

Henry BrooksMatt FaulkTodd FloraWilla Frierson &

Jackson WeilSara GoodmanAlex GorodetzkiJacob HaskellDarlene HodgettsJames & Tom JohnstonMarcia JustmanJames KanoffPatricia KerryTanya Latta

Asa LeeHemp MangoDoug MochizukiCaron Oberg &

Kevin LairdTracy PorterFacebook/Twitter Fans

of RANTZE & RAVESCarl SchneiderEd StalcupSteve StarkeyJeanne TomcavageMaureen Vaughan

Lawrence BlumbergJohn EllisJonathan FreeseSusan McNallyJack MonahanDon Peterman

Morton PetermanTom PremRichard SamoreChuck SloanBill SussmanSam Uskovich

IN MEMORY OFDonations have been made to Heal the Bay in memory of the following people who have passed away. We at Heal the Bay extend our sympathies to the family and friends of:

Thank YouAshley AdkinsChiara Lily Antwone BaileyEliza Baker-WacksNicholas BettinelliEden BlakeneySophie BraraLisa & Francesca CilluffoThe Gedgaudas FamilyJack KleinmanSteven Krum

Hannah LachapelleRoom 28 5th Grade

Marquez Charter SchoolMichael MackelEleanor OrthunJackson ResneyMs. Madnick & Ms. Light’s

5th Grade Class Roosevelt Elementary School

Michelle SchySadie Anne Wiel

AQUADOPTION

Aquadoptions at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium are a great way to connect with the marine life of Santa Monica Bay. Aquadoptions have been made for the following:

$50,000 +

California State Coastal ConservancyEdison International Ford Motor

Company Mary Wolf Davison Living TrustRoy Disney Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999 The Harold J. McAlister Charitable

Foundationsimplehuman®

Union Bank Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999EarthShare of CaliforniaGesso FoundationJulia Louis-Dreyfus & Brad HallMattel FoundationSanta Monica Seafood

$5,000 - $9,999Ascenta HealthCity National BankEloise & John Paul DeJoria

Dodgers Dream FoundationDogeared Jewels & GiftsHelen Sperry Lea FoundationMacy’s WestMurad®

Jolene & Michael RapinoREI Santa MonicaSoCal Honda DealersUniversity of Southern California Sea

Grant

$1,000 - $4,999AnonymousBaxter Charity PartnersBel Air Bay ClubMelinda & Daniel BermanJohn BurryTrudi CohenAmita & Timothy DavisDiana & Robert FriedmanJeffrey GrijalvaRon HowardJeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLPMari & Michael JohnsonLinda & Michael KestonMichael Koss

Muriel & Allan KotinJohn LamonicaDavid LandsbergLA WeeklyCash & April Levy FundMalibu Country MartSamuel MercerN. Geffner-Mihlsten & George MihlstenWalter MillerRobbin & Kenneth MorganH. David NahaiNorcross Wildlife FoundationFrank Perna Jr.Gerry & Curt PindlerPrecision Dynamics CorporationJody & Thomas PriselacProject Save Our SurfResident Asset ManagementRoll GivingShirley & Ralph ShapiroDavid SmithSouthern California Coastal Water

Research ProjectThe Streisand FoundationRobert & Tama Taub Family FundJames UpchurchScott Zolke

$500 - $999

AnonymousRichard AtwaterRon BerryPenny & Chris BlackChristina & Henry BroomeScott CohenNancy CypertTrish & Jan De BontDelaney DechantCynthia DelpitKristina Deutsch & Joel

BrandStephanie & Ronald DrewsEcover Inc.John FairbankConrad FlandersAudree FowlerGregory GelfanSeth GilmanWhitney GreenLawrence A. Hanson

FoundationRussell JonesCheryl & Gary JusticeChris Karkenny

The following list represents gifts from February 1, 2011 through May 31, 2011

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Permit # 385

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Cirque du Sole i l Presents:Rock of the Bay in Support of a Cleaner OceanAugust 4Nelson Marquez & the ModeratorsTutu Sweeney & the Brothers Band

Bloomingdale’s Presents:A Night in TremeSeptember 8Jon Clearly’s Philthy PhewDonald Harrison Electr ic GroupWanda Rouzan

A portion of proceeds benefit Heal the Bay

Science Adventure Camp

Sign-up kids ages 6 —12for week-long or daily camp session at our Santa Monica Pier Aqarium.Space is limited!www.healthebay.org/sciadventurescamp

Coastal Cleanup DayNo Butt Left Behind!Sept 17 www.healthebay.org/CCD

Surf, Attend or Donate

Surf24,October 15 - 16

projectsaveoursurf. com

For the latest Heal the Bay events, including benefit parties, volunteer trainings and education opportunities, go to www.healthebay.org or www.facebook.com/healthebayfans.